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Onepunch-Man

Title:Onepunch-ManAssociated title(s): ワンパンマン, OnepunchmanGenre: Seinen, Action, Comedy, Supernatural Author(s): OneArtist(s): Murata YuusukePublisher: Shueishia; serialized in Tonari no Young Jump (Shueisha)Start Date and End: 2012 and N/A.Chapters read at the time of review: 15Additional Notes:
One has produced such works as Heroes of Fury, Makai no Ossan, and Mob Psycho.

Murata Yuusuke is probably most famous for being the illustrator for the Japanese American Football manga Eyeshield 21. His portfolio includes titles such as Blust!, Donten Prism Solar Car, Heroes of Fury, Hetappi Manga Kenkyuujo R, Jump Super Stars, Madofuki Par, and Minds.

Short Summary:
Saitama is the under-rated hero Onepunch-man. Armed with an unbelievable strength begotten by an even more unbelievable training, he delivers one-hit wonders leaving entrails in his wake. The only weakness he has is starting and ending a match with just one hit.

(Do not take this manga so seriously. It's a parody and should be enjoyed with that in mind.)

Art
The art is drawn well from characters to surrounding environments. Murata Yuusuke does not disappoint. At times, Murara Yuusuke will downgrade the artwork to emphasize certain things particularly where Saitama might show disappointment. Whenever this is down, it only serves to accentuate the comedic aspect of Onepunch-man.

Characters:
Saitama is the super hero Onepunch-man. He was a mundane salaryman until one fateful day that changed his life. (Perhaps that's how most superheroes become superheroes.) It seems as if he is unstoppable.

Genos is a cyborg who is seeking revenge. After seeing what Saitama could do, Genos sought to become a disciple of Saitama. At first, Saitama wasn't open to the idea but Genos' persistence paid off.

Impression:
This manga is hilarious. Saitama can't take any villain seriously. As an average hero, he often thinks that he over-did his training. At first I thought that he could not control his monstrous strength but that might not be the case. Saitama doesn't lack control but that he is no longer bound to operate in the normal parameters of the world. In fact, Saitama exceeds it to such a degree that his norm is far beyond societal norms. But because of it, it's hard for Saitama to find a worthy adversary.

The art assets helps unfold the story well. At times, Murata Yuusuke might degrade the art asset to emphasis Saitama's emotions which adds to the humor of the story. The combination of the story and art work unfolds synergistically.

Since this manga is about heroes, don't be too surprise to discover that there is a hero agency (Hero Association) that has hero rankings and disaster level ratings to assess a situation. There are three hero classes. There are also 5 disaster level classifications: Divine, Dragon, Oni, Tiger, and Wolf.